With two cat carriers in hand,Lynn Graham steps into Donna Kelleher’s office at Whole Pet Vet in Bellingham for her cats’ bi-monthly appointment. Kelleher places Graham’s eldest cat, 19-year-old Shadow, on the carpeted table in her office, greeting her with a generous pet-down before she begins the treatment. She then inserts one tiny needle at a time into Shadow’s dark,… Read more →
Chika is a 13 year old Chihuahua. She is such a nice girl and allows me acupuncture her knees. She ruptured her right cruciate ligament (like the ACL in humans) many years ago. In order to keep her liver and kidneys happy, she is getting acupuncture instead of medications to suppress inflammation. The acupuncture helps prevent pain and keeps swelling/inflammation… Read more →
Conventional medicine offers very limited treatment options for immune mediated diseases. Whatare some of the more common auto-immune diseases in dogs and how can holistic medicinehelp? This is the first article in a three part series on this topic. Your dog’s immune system helpsto keep him healthy every day.A properly functioning immunesystem can protect him from bacteria,parasites, viruses and even… Read more →
So much of being with animals ends up encouraging them to do what we want. In Liberty horse training, sometimes they get to chose what they want. Mick is learning how to smile on command but Tino already knows how to smile, say yes and say no. Being a natural over-achiever, Tino also stands on his pedestal while playing ball. Read more →
This is a post about Saffron, a dog with mast cell tumors. If caught early enough, this type of cancer is usually very treatable using holistic medicine. Saffron’s person summarized her dog’s care in her own words: “We adopted Saffron, a Lab/Greyhound mix, as company for Libby, our Lab/Dalmatian mix, in April 2002. We learned that Saffron had been… Read more →
This is a kitten that lives at the Elephant Nature Foundation in Thailand. Read more →
We want to send the Woodland Park Elephants to the Elephant Sanctuary. Did you know they cost the taxpayers of Seattle 800 K a year and their trip to the sanctuary is already paid for? You can go to www.freewpzelephants.com for more information. But right now the zoo wants to “expand” the elephant exhibit (note lack of room for expansion)… Read more →
Meet Morty. He is a 12 year old mixed breed guy, very sweet and strong. Several years ago he ruptured a ligament in his knee called the ACL in humans Cranial Cruciate Ligament in dogs. Regular acupuncture, a raw diet and a great home life with lots of exercise has kept his arthritis minimal, especially for his age. His mom… Read more →
Gracie, the two year old Golden with severe IBD and diarrhea is cured! Her total protein and her weight are both normal. No more acupuncture, reducing herbal treatment, but she will stay on her homemade diet of meat and veggies (cooked). She was hospitalized previously for a week, only to become sicker on immune-suppressing medications. In holistic medicine we do… Read more →
Itchy Skin? Chronic Ear Infections? Chronic Digestive Upset? Diarrhea? Reverse Sneezing? These are all symptoms of food/environmental allergies! Listen to my interview today with Dr Donna Kelleher, author of “The Proof is in the Poodle” and local holistic veterinarian. Dr. Donna Kelleher is very successful in treating animals with allergies without the use of steroids, antibiotics and immune suppressants. Read… Read more →
Reading to Tino in the Sun. He took almost no interest in “The Tibetan Book of the Dead” although he is a budding Buddhist being vegetarian and working on his walking meditation everyday. Read more →
Yellow Labradors are cute but I see so many for immune issues like allergies, IBD and even stiff hips. I generally think the black Labs are healthier but I am a particular fan of mutts. How about a nice lab cross? Read more →
Why is liberty horse training so amazing? I have to be present, fair, direct and positive or Tino will reject me and go eat his hay. Instead, he canters next to me. We are working on some cool things now where we canter on each lead and halt in between. We will post that on YouTube soon. Liberty training can… Read more →
This week, I thought I would put a call into the Bellingham, WA community for people who have newly diagnosed hyperthyroid cats like Claude, a 16 year-old guy with kidney issues too. Instead of using a lot of methimazole and/or radiation, we are using herbs and a small dose of methimazole cream on the ears to control his symptoms. It’s… Read more →
Update on Jenny, the kitty with the mast cell tumor. Her tumor is doing great! We are at 3 months and it might even be smaller. We are treating it with one drop of Cod liver oil, 5 drops of Seven Precious Mushrooms, 1/8 tsp Stasis breaker with canned food not kibble. In general, the best time to seek out… Read more →
Tucker is a 13 year old mixed breed guy. He has always had skin allergies and seizures (related through the liver in chinese medicine). He was getting little cysts along his back where his skin was inflamed. We have used NAET allergy clearings for him. Here is a photo of him getting treated for Mold. We use a combination of… Read more →
Chipper is a four year-old whose skin allergies were so bad, his people took turns holding him at night to prevent him from chewing sores especially between the legs and around the tail. He had no fleas. The regular vet prescribed antibiotics (which helped) and steroids (which made him crazy). Both these medications had poor long term side effects. With… Read more →
This is Fonzie. He’s a hound dog with a stapholococcus infection. On his back there are little red circular patches with the hair missing. One round of antibiotics cleared it up but now it is back. We are using topical essential oils, Grapefruit seed extract twice a day, a raw diet and treating his underlying allergies with NAET. Check back… Read more →
This is Jenny, a 17 year-old tabby cat. She sleeps at the crook of her human’s elbow. She was diagnosed with a mast-cell tumor on her right flank. Instead of surgery (she has a heart issue), we are trying herbs. When dogs get mast cell cancer, we should take quick action to remove the tumor. Usually, the herbs and occasional… Read more →
My life is proof that a curse can become a blessing. I was diagnosed with allergic asthma at age 2, and when two rounds of allergy shots and specialists proved unsuccessful, I learned to live with the disease. Admittedly, as I grew up, my habit of collecting every half-starved cat or dog, hamster, or rat did little to help my… Read more →